Cash-adding and daily-receipts-registering mechanism



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I J. HHVOSS. CASH ADDING AND DAILY RECEIPTS REGISTERING MECHANISM. No.534,184.

Patented Feb. 12,1895.

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J. H. VOSS. CASH ADDING AND DAILY RECEIPTS REGISTERING MECHANISM.

No. 584,184. Patented Feb. 12, 1895.

" Nr-TED STATES JOSEPH H. VOSS, OF

CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CASH-ADDING AND DAILY-RECElPTS-REGlSTERING MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,184, dated February12, 1895.

Application filed November 24, 1894. Serial No. 529,378. (No model.)

To aZZ "whom i2; may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. Voss, acitizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Gash-Adding and Daily-Receipts-Registering Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to that type of mechanism shown anddescribed in an application for Letters Patent of the United States,patented November 27,1894, No. 529,980, filed by me upon the 26th day ofJuly, 1894, Serial No. 518,668, and known as a cash adding and dailyreceipts-registering mechanism.

It is my purpose, in this instance to simplify and improve certainfeatures and parts of said mechanism, whereby the numerical indicationsshall be more easily and accurately read, and to provide a positivelockingdevice to engage the cents-gear, when the machine is not in use,or when the actuating arm is retracted for successive action, and bysuch engagement lock the entire machine.

It is my purpose, also, to provide improved automatic means forpreventing accidental displacement of the dollars wheel on the face ofthe dial, and for marking the indications of said wheel.

It is a further purpose of my invention to provide and combine with thedial gears in the interior of the machine, simple and novel meanswhereby the revolution of the one shall impart the necessary fractionalmovement to the other, thus giving the peripheral indications of dollarsand cents, my object being to secure the successive rotation of thedollars dial-gear in such manner that each shall be fully producedwithout the possibility of a movement in excess of that which gives thecorrect indication; the gear being positively arrested at the instantwhen its movement is completed.

My invention also includes other improvements all of which will beexplained in their order, for which purpose, and to enable others tofully understand and to make and use my invention, I will now proceed todescribe the same in detail, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1, is a plan, or face view of an automaticcash-adding and daily receipts register ing mechanism, in which myinvention is incorporated. Fig. 2, is a transverse section taken uponthe line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3,isa partial plan view, the housing beingbroken way to show the interior mechanism. Fig. 4, is a detail viewshowing the devices for transmitting movement from the cents dial gearto the dollars indicating gear.

The reference numeral 1, in said drawings, indicates the casing, orhousing of the machine, which is shown as rectangular, though any otherform, such as a circular,or polygonal casing, may be used, if preferred.The housing is closed upon all sides to prevent access to its interiorby any person except those, or the one, having proper authority to openthe casing. Access may be had by means of a door 2, which is locked byakey, or any other suitable means. The construction of the housing issuch that it may stand erect, upon one of its flat sides, or may be laidfiat. In either position it may, if desired, be fastened in place byscrews, or otherwise, either to a wall, or upon a table, desk, orcounter.

In the center of the casing, or housing, is arranged a spindle 3, havinga support at one end on the plate, or wall, which is parallel with thedial plate, or face plate. In thelatter plate a sleeve 4.- has bearingand through this sleeve the spindle 3 passes, fitting closely thereinbut free to turn without obstruction. The end of the sleeve projectsthrough the face-plate and upon it is fixedly mounted a collar 5, havinga flange 6, which forms part of a large gear 7, the latter lying closeto the face-plate. This gear is provided upon its periphery with onehundred teeth, or cogs S, which coincide with, or turn within, aconcentric series of divisions distinguished by a series of numeralsranging from one to ninetynine, the space, or division, corresponding tothe numeral one hundred being provided with a Zero, or cipher. Upon theother end of the sleeve is mounted an annulus 9, which rests against thecollar 5, and between said annulus and a head, or washer 10, on theouter end of the spindle, is mounted a second, independent annulus 12,similar to the first. The annulus 9 forms part of an arm 13 whichextends radially over the spur-gear 7, and a littie beyond itsperiphery, an angular bend 1t being provided in orderto bring the armdown close to the surface of the spur-gear. The extremity of this arm istapered to a point and the portion projecting beyond the edge of thegear 7 is thickened to pass the said edge, and in the thickened portionis formed a recess, or pocket, of such size and shape as to admit one ofthe teeth of the spur-gear, thereby engaging the latter with the arm 13.The annulus 12 also forms part of an arm 15 of substantially similarconstruction, save that its tapered extremity is shorter and doesnotextend as far beyond the edge of the gear 7. Each arm is provided with aknob 16, that upon the arm 13 being comparatively short in order thatthe arm 15 may be lifted over the same, when necessary, to pass the saidarm. The annulus 9 is loose upon the sleeve 4, and the annulus 12 issimilarly mounted thereon, each havingindependent movement. Upon thedial, or faceplate of the housing, and preferably arranged in one of itsangles, is a stud 18, its axis, which is parallel with the shaft 3,lying in a line drawn through the latter shaft and cutting the circularseries of numerals surrounding the gear? upon one side of the zerodivision. On this stud close to the face plate, is mounted a small gear19 having elongated teeth 20, somewhat resembling those of a star-wheel.These teeth are ten in number and they are numbered from one up to nine,the tenth tooth being provided with a zero, or cipher.

'lhroughthe face plate of the housing, in a suitable opening, projectsan oppositely beveled stop 21. This stop forms part of a lever 22 whichis pivoted to a bracket 23, inside the casing. A spiral or othersuitablespring 2 1, attached at one end to the lever and at the other end to thebracket 23, normally throws the stop 21 outward, between the teeth ofthe gear 19. The latter may be turned in either direction, however, byapplying a suitable force, the stop 21 being retracted by the pressureof the teeth of the gear upon either of its beveled faces. The locationof this gear is, such that, at each revolution of the gear 7 theprojecting tapered end of the arm 13 enters between its teeth and turnsthe gear forward one tenth of a revolution, the movement being completedas the end of the arm 13 reaches the zero space in the series ofnumbered divisions surrounding the gear 7.

A pointer, or marker 25 is mounted upon the face plate, preferably bymeans of one of the screws holding the housing together. Said markerconsists of an Lshaped bracket, having a small point on its end which isbent, or placed, in parallelism with the face-plate and over, or nearlyover, the teeth of the gear 19. Within the housing 1 are arranged twogears of equal size each being provided with one hundred teeth and eachhaving a flange, or annulus 26, upon which, opposite the teeth of thegear, are placed numerals ranging from one to ninety-nine, inclusive,the latterbeing followed by a zero, or cipher, which coincides with theone-hundredth tooth. One of these gears, denoted by the numeral 27 isrigidly mounted upon the sleeve 4 and the other 28 upon the shaft 3. Thegear 27 will thus move in unison with the spur-gear 7 and the numeralsupon its annulus 26 will denote the cents. These numerals will bevisible through an opening 29 in the wall of the housing, but thisopening is normally closed and concealed by the door, as it ispreferable that the gears in the interior should be used as registeringgears to give the aggregate amount of sales for a day, or for any statedperiod.

At each revolution of the cents-dial gear 27, the gear 28, whichregisters the dollars, must be advanced a single tooth. For thispurpose, I mount within the casing a spindle 30, upon which is sleeved adouble pawl 31, resembling in its shape a bell-crank lever. A spring 32,coiled on the sleeve 30 which carries the double pawl, and having oneend resting against a rigid part of the housing, (as shown in Fig. 3,)turns the'sleeve on the spindle 30 in such direction as to throw theshort arm 31 of the double pawl toward the gear 28. On this arm ispivotally mounted a pusl1- pawl 33, its nose being held by one end ofthe spring 32 in mesh with the teeth of the gear 28. The long arm 31 ofthe double pawl is normally out of mesh with the said teeth, and thepivoted push pawl 33 is allowed sutlicient play so that it may remain inmesh with said gear 28 during a limited movement of the arm 31, therebyenabling said push-pawl to advance said gear the distance of a singletooth by merely turning the double pawl 31 on the spindle 30.

On the gear 27 is rigidly mounted a wiper arm Setprojecting beyond theperipheryof said gear, its point being in position to engage a tooth, orprojection 33* on the end of the short arm 31 of the double pawl. Thistooth 33 projects su fliciently over the teeth of the gear 28 to lie inthe path of the end of the wiper arm, but the nose of the push-pawl 33is cut away, as shown in Fig. 4, to permit the wiperarm to pass itwithout engagement. lVhen the wiper-arm engages the tooth 33, the sleeve3O is turned on the spindle 30, the short arm of the double pawl isvibrated in the direction shown by the arrow in Fig. 4c,

and the gear 28 is turned a single tooth, the

end of the long arm 31 of the double pawl being brought against itsteeth at the instant the movement is completed. The action of the partsis so timed that the movement of the gear 28 over a space of one toothis completed at the same time that the gear 27 completes its revolutionand brings the zero indica-tion on its annulus 26 into sight through theopening 29. Nhen the wiper arm 34 passes off the tooth 33 the spring 32returns the double pawl 31 to its normal position, the nose of thepush-pawl 33 riding over the tooth IIO of the gear 28 and droppingbehind it, ready for the next operation.

The gear 27 is held by a spring-pawl 35 having a nose of such form thatit can be drawn out of the teeth by giving sufficient impulse to thegear.

The dollars-gear 28 may be still further protected against displacementby a spring pawl 35.

The manner of using the apparatus and the various advantages attained byit are substantially the same as those set forth in my formerapplication for Letters Patent, filed July 26,1894, Serial No. 518,668,patented November 27, 1894, No. 529,980, and need not be recapitulated.

The external cen ts-gear is locked by a positive, pivoted stop 36,mounted on the dial or face-plate.

I make no claim to the double-beveled stop 21 separately from themechanism with which it is combined, as snap-pawls of this character arewell-known in other structures IVhat I claim is-=- 1. In mechanism ofthe type described the construction with housed registering gears, of agear arranged outside to indicate any number of cents less than onedollar, a smaller, independent external gear to indicate the dollars, adouble beveled spring-actuated stop projecting through an opening in thehousing and lying between the teeth of the dollars-indicating gear, andtwo independent arms, loose upon the axis of the outer cents-gear theend of one of said arms being detachably engaged with the teeth of thegear and its point extended to catch the teeth of the externaldollars-gear, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a housing containing registering gears, of anexternal gear indicating any number of cents less than one dollar, asmall, external, independent gear having long teeth and arranged near,but not in mesh with the cents-gear, its teeth being provided withnumerals to denote the dollars from one to nine inclusive with a zerotooth for the tenth, a marker beneath which the meshes with the teeth ofthe dollars-gear at each revolution. of the cents-gear, substan tiallyas described.

3. The combination with an external cents gear having one hundred teethcorresponding with a circular series of consecutive numerals, of anexternal dollars-gear having ten long teeth provided upon their externalfaces with numerals from one to nine, inclusive, and a zero upon thetenth tooth, a double beveled, spring actuated stop projecting throughan opening in a housing on which said gears are mounted, and lyingbetween the teeth of the dollars-gear, two gears of the same diameterarranged in the housing, one indicating the cents and rigidly mounted onthe shaft of the external cents-gear and the other indicating dollarsand mounted on a sleeve loose on said shaft, each gear having an annulusdisplaying consecutive numerals from one to ninety nine followed by azero, a springturned pawl sleeved on a spindle and having a push-pawlpivoted on one arm and pressed into mesh with the teeth of thedollars-gear and a wiper arm carried by the cents-gear and adapted toengage a point or tooth, on the arm carrying the push-pawl,substantially as described.

41-. The combination with an external centsgear and an independentdollars-gear having ten numbered teeth, of a double beveled,spring-thrown stop projecting through the wall of the housing, aninterior cents-gear turning with the external cents-gear andhavingaco-incident axis, a spring-turned doublearmed pawl sleeved on aspindle one arm being normally in mesh with the dollars-gear, a wipenarmon the cents-gear adapted to engage a tooth on the double pawl andactuate a spring thrown push-pawl on one arm of the double pawl, bywhich the dollars-gear is advanced until arrested by the other arm ofthe double pawl, and independent external arms loose on the axis of thecents-gear, their ends detachably engaging the teeth of said gear, andone of said arms being extended to engage the teeth of the externaldollars-gear at each revolution, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH H. VOSS. [L. s] Witnesses: ARNOLD Srnrsnn, LOUIS SOHIMPF.

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